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Human Rights Watch calls out Pakistan to drop charges against journalist
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan, is scheduled to indict Matiullah Jan, a journalist who has long reported on police abuse, on October 31, 2025, on apparent politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. It gave a call to the Pakistani authorities to immediat
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Delhi: Court refuses to drop charges in 2014 case of assaulting police per
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Gupta dismissed the revision petition filed by Amanjyot Singh seeking to set aside the order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate in January 2020 for allegedly manhandling and assaulting on-duty police officials on the intervening night of July 19-20, 2014.
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Journalist body asks Pakistan to drop charges against 2 scribes, stop hara
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Pakistan authorities should immediately drop their probe into journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, and cease harassing members of the press in retaliation for their coverage of public institutions, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tue
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Harvey Weinstein accusers drop sex trafficking lawsuit: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The three ladies who accused the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct have voluntarily dismissed their claims against Weinstein.
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Goa court rejects Congress MLA's plea to drop charges in 2016 rape case
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jun 3 (ANI): Congress MLA Atanasio Monserrate is going to face trial after a Goa court on Monday turned down his plea seeking dropping of charges against him in a 2016 rape case.
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Nepal cabinet accepts Madhesh protests as 'political movement'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18 (ANI): The Nepal Cabinet on Thursday accepted the Madhesh and Tharuhat protest as a political movement and took steps to drop charges filed against them during that time.
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